After the Fall : Two Generations of the Vietnam Conflict
Directed by Joe Pacheco
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"From the start, the film displays an accomplished and robust structure as Pacheco extracts strong narratives from his subjects (each highly articulate and thoughtful). Against those narratives, he juxtaposes phenomenal archival material from the National Archives and Thames TV, and from both Bissell’s and Meis’s personal archives, which offer up rich jewels of 8mm film footage... It’s when Pacheco accompanies Tom and Morgan to Hanoi, or Ho Chi Minh City as it’s now called, that the story takes its wild turn"
"Firstly, Pacheco's beautiful photography succeeds in humanizing the Vietnamese landscape... Secondly, Pacheco has so intelligently framed the evolving storyline in "After the Fall" that it becomes impossible to not be woven into the fabric of these two families' lives"
"The intergenerational angle proves a compelling and accessible hook for looking at the Vietnam war and also contemplating America's current wartime nightmare."
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